illo'cutionary
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illocution (ˌɪləˈkjuːʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| philosophy See also performative Compare perlocution Also called: illocutionary act an act performed by a speaker by virtue of uttering certain words, as for example the acts of promising or of threatening | |
| [C20: from | |
| illo'cutionary | |
| —adj | |
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Illo'cutionary
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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